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Imbroglio (im-BROE-glee-oh)
- (n) confused mass
- intricate or complicated situation
- acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding
- scandal
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veracity
(n) truthfulness
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acumen (AK-yoo-men)
keen insight, smarts discernment (n)
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pungent
adj sharply painful
having a stiff and sharp point
nippy, sharp, strong, tangy
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emporium
a big store sellinga variety of goods (n)
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jibe
To shift sudenly and forcibly from one side to the other -- use of a fore-and-aft sail
accord, agree, answer, chord, cohere, coincie, comport, conform, consist, correspond, dovetail, fit, go, harmonize, check, rhyme, sort, square, tally
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pliant
easily bent, supple
open to influence (adj)
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pugnacious
(adj) having a quarrelsome or combative nature, belligerent
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undulate (UHN-dyoo-layt)
(v) to move back and forth, like a wave, fluctuate
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musty MUHS-tee
stale or moldy smelling mildew (adj)
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quotidian (kwoe-TIH-dee-in
(adj) recurring daily
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extrapolate
(v) to extend, expand, or predict from a known fact
commonplace, ordinary
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stymie stye-mee
(v) to block, hinder
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tenuous
(adj) delicate weak easily broken
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florid
(adj)
Covered with flowers, very flowery in style, : ornate
flushed, rosy-cheeked, healthy
marked by emotional or sexual fervor
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odious
deserving or causing of hatred, hateful
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veneer
thin sheet of a material as a layer of wood or superior value or excellent grain to be glued to an inferior wood
coating
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indisputable, not open to question
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androgynous
having both masculine and feminine characteristics; having an ambigious gender identity
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elucidate
to clear up, clarity
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finagle
to get by trickery or clever manipulation
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disabuse
v. to free from error, fallacy, or misconception
undeceive
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felicticious
well-suited for the occasion, apt; producing joy; fit
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inchoate
incomplete, not yet fully formered, unclear
incoherent
"misty inchoate suspicions that all is not well with the nation."
inchoately v
inchoateness n
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astral
having to do with stars
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pliant
easily bent, supple
open to influence
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debonair
charming in a sophisticated way
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effusive
gushing, overly demonstrating
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